GitHub projects are being targeted with malicious action in apparent attempt to frame this researcher By Sead Fadilpašić published 18 November 24 A threat actor seems to be impersonating a security researcher in an attempt to defame them.
GTA 6 hacker who intended ‘to return to cyber-crime as soon as possible’ sentenced to an indefinite hospital order By Catherine Lewis published 22 December 23 18-year-old hacker Arion Kurtaj, from Oxford, will stay in a secure hospital unless he's deemed to be no longer dangerous.
This worrying Git flaw could lead to users leaking credentials By Sead Fadilpašić published 28 January 25 Git's credential helper did not properly handle authentication messages, leading to credential leakage, experts warn.
An alleged 7-Zip zero-day is actually an AI hoax By Luke Hughes published 2 January 25 Comments by Igor Pavlov on the file compression software's page on the Sourceforge.net repository seemingly put an end to the saga - for now?
Hacker behind “Rapper Bot” DDoS-for-hire Botnet which carried out over 370,000 attacks arrested By Sead Fadilpašić published 20 August 25 Rapper Bot is described as "one of the most powerful DDoS botnets to ever exist".
A previously unknown hardware feature has been hijacked to hack iPhones across the world By Sead Fadilpašić published 28 December 23 Did Apple build a backdoor for the NSA, or simply forget about a vulnerable feature?
Snowflake hacker arrested over data breach and extortion By TechRadar published 5 November 24 Canadian authorities have arrested one of the men behind the Snowflake breach.
The Apple Vision Pro has a worrying security flaw — hackers could easily guess passwords based on eye movements By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 15 September 24 The Apple Vision Pro uses 3D avatars during calls and streaming, but hackers can use eye tracking to figure out PINs and passwords.
Hacker pleads guilty to illegally accessing Disney Slack channels and stealing huge tranche of data By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 2 May 25 “Nullbulge” spread info-stealing malware, with 1.1TB data stolen.
Top gaming engine Godot hijacked to infect thousands of PCs with malware By Sead Fadilpašić published 28 November 24 Hackers craft malware loader in Godot's programming language and used it to target victims with infostealers.
US government identifies hackers who stole 50 billion AT&T records in Snowflake hack By Sead Fadilpašić published 13 November 24 Two individuals stand accused of major crimes, including computer hacking and wire fraud schemes.
Researchers who uncover security flaws set to get extra protection in Germany with new law By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 7 November 24 Ethicals hackers in Germany could soon be protected by law
Hacker claims to have hit General Electric and stolen company data By Sead Fadilpašić published 27 November 23 General Electric attackers first tried to sell network access, and later expanded it with alleged data.
Ex-employee of major South-East Asian IT firm jailed after he brings down its test servers — with scripts found on Google By Luke Hughes published 14 June 24 Man will spend two-years and eight months in prison after his remote access credentials at National Computer Systems remained active.
WhatsApp patches security flaw which let hackers install spyware By Sead Fadilpašić published 20 March 25 Zero-click zero-day was allegedly being used by multiple nation-states against journalists and other high-profile targets.
Notorious North Korean hacking group Kimsuky gets hacked itself - revealing some of its deepest secrets By Sead Fadilpašić published 12 August 25 A hacker with a conscience targeted Kimsuky and leaked tools, logs, and more.
Head of top Apple Mac Linux distro resigns, citing burnout and slamming Linus Torvalds leadership By Craig Hale published 17 February 25 Hector Martin has resigned from Asahi Linux “effective immediately,” citing burnout and Linux community challenges.
Chinese hackers claim to have found a way to crack Apple AirDrop and find out email addresses, phone numbers By Sead Fadilpašić published 10 January 24 Chinese law enforcement hijack AirDrop to discover activists sharing anti-government content and discussing protests.
Thousands of cloud credentials stolen from exposed Git config files By Sead Fadilpašić published 31 October 24 Hackers can earn big bucks with this discovery, or can use the database for spam and phishing.
GitHub users targeted by dangerous new phishing threat By Sead Fadilpašić published 13 November 24 Golssue tool targets GitHub users specifically, allowing crooks to extract emails in bulk.
Thousands of GPS tracking customers have info leaked following data breach By Sead Fadilpašić last updated 20 December 24 A bug in Hapn's website is allegedly spilling sensitive information, while the company remains silent.
A mysterious leaker is exposing ransomware hackers to the world By Sead Fadilpašić published 2 June 25 German authorities confirmed the claims were accurate for at least one individual.
Apple users facing new security risks after critical USB component hacked By Sead Fadilpašić published 13 January 25 Apple hinted the exploit is too complex to be viable.
Google Gemini security flaw could have let anyone access systems or run code By Sead Fadilpašić published 29 July 25 Having an allow-list in Gemini CLI caused a few issues, but Google patched it up.
North Korean hackers are posing as software development recruiters to target freelancers By Benedict Collins published 21 February 25 Freelance software developers are being hit with infostealing malware to fund the North Korean regime, experts warn.
Cloudflare CDN flaw could expose user location simply by sending an image By Sead Fadilpašić published 23 January 25 A zero-click flaw abused the way Cloudflare cached certain images but it was quickly resolved.
GitHub repositories are being attacked and wiped in new extortion scam By Sead Fadilpašić published 7 June 24 Hackers are breaking into people's GitHub accounts, stealing the data there, and demanding money in return.
British man behind ‘IntelBroker’ hacker group charged with stealing millions By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 27 June 25 A notorious data thief has been charged by the FBI.
Your car could be at risk – new Flipper Zero craze sees car thieves use cheap hacking device, and there's no easy fix By Leon Poultney published 27 August 25 Hackers have created patches that allow Flipper Zero owners to gain access to a vast number of modern vehicles.
Elon Musk's Grok AI has now been open sourced, code available on GitHub By Lewis Maddison published 18 March 24 True to Elon Musk's word, xAI has now published the code for Grok-1 on GitHub, should you want to experience it for yourself.